On 06/09/2010 23:12, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Matthias Andree <mand...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Am 06.09.2010 07:32, schrieb Dominic Fandrey: >>> What kind of dependency should I define if I just need something >>> for the install target? It's not needed before, not after and >>> not for the package. >>> >>> I used to think it's INSTALL_DEPENDS, but I just found out, that >>> doesn't even exist. >> >> BUILD_DEPENDS should do, no? Your dependency may then be built >> too early, but it's not recorded for later (unlike RUN_DEPENDS). > > It seems as if BUILD_DEPENDS should be _sufficient_ unless the > dependency is needed to install the package as well as to install > the port, but it demands more than is _necessary_ since the > dependency is not needed to simply build (without also installing).
Yes, thank you everyone. I was simply unaware that BUILD_DEPENDS are guaranteed to be around during install. Regards -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
